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Opel has just lifted the sheets off the new Insignia Country Tourer, a car we could see at some point in the U.S. as a Subaru-Outback-like Buick Regal crossover wagon. With the newly revealed Insignia Country Tourer photos, we get our first official look at how Buick could expand its U.S. lineup without much effort. Take a look at the Opel Insignia Country Tourer images below and then tell us: Should a Buick Regal Country Tourer be made for U.S. customers?

Buick‘s crossover lineup has a gaping hole between the wildly popular three-row Enclave and the subcompact Encore. And we’re not just talking about a significant size difference: the Encore starts around $25,000 while the Enclave carries an MSRP of just below $40,000. A Chevrolet-Equinox-based Buick could fill that product hole nicely, and in fact, we recently spotted what appeared to be an Equinox-sized GM crossover with Enclave-like styling.

With an Equinox-based Buick in the lineup, could there be room for an Outback-like Regal variant? Just look at Subaru’s success with the crossover-wagon concept, and don’t forget Audi decided the segment was worth revisiting with the 2013 Allroad.

As for the newly revealed Opel Insignia Country Tourer, the car has ground clearance raised by 0.79 inches and, of course, accentuated wheel wells and contrasting body cladding. The car’s front-drive-biased all-wheel-drive system is paired with an electronically controlled rear-axle limited slip differential that can distribute torque to the rear wheel with the most grip.

In Europe, the Insignia Country Tourer will be powered by a 250-hp turbocharged 2.0-liter or two variants of a 2.0-liter turbodiesel. The diesel and gas engines can be had with a six-speed manual or automatic. We don’t expect Buick to introduce a manual-transmission, all-wheel-drive crossover-wagon anytime soon, but a Regal Country Tourer powered by the 259-hp turbocharged 2.0-liter I-4 might make a good Acura TSX, Audi Allroad, and Volvo V60 competitor.